Hi again! I just noticed in TORNīs facebook page that the set of the Goblin King provideed by Lego appears something that striked me:

There are three small goblins and one of them is carriyng not weapon but some sort of a map, could this mean that dwarves get spoiled and that the map remains in Goblin town after they leave (like Frodoīs chainmail in Cirith Ungol) and then Bolg or someone who arrives there picks up the map and knows about Thorinīs quest???

Sorry if this has been discussed before I can not guarantee his safety - understood... Nor will I be responsible for his fate - Doh!

Yes, it is. I loved it, the kids love it. I'm just generally not that much into movie merchandise like action figures and lego sets etc., that's all. To me, it's milking the cash cow for all it's worth.

But I'm not entirely immune to merchandise... Give me a Hobbit/LOTR mug or a poster or something, and I'll happily spend my money on it. signature by kiteflier with kind permission of http://richardarmitagenet.com

Of course you're right. People will buy it, and they should. Everyone to their liking. Action figures and lego sets are of course great for kids (and for some adults as well . ) I'd probably buy some for my kids, if they asked me to. Maybe the reason I don't really like them is because they don't really look like the characters.

yes, I don't know when and if I'm buying all the Lego stuff
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as a kid, I had lots of Lego, but I missed the time where I played much with it.. But this LOTR Lego stuff is pretty cool, also the video game, as it's seems. My problem is that I don't really know where I would put all the Lego stuff after I built it all together :D

So unless the map is stolen and then recovered again somehow, it's unlikely that this will be the case. Although it is possible that when the company is captured, the map is briefly confiscated by the goblins, then quickly recovered by Gandalf during the escape. I can just imagine him handing it to Bilbo afterwards "Do not let the burgler become the burgled so easily". Great speculation though. That would certainly be a good way to connect the goblins and the quest.

I think I enjoy their videos more than the actual items... although I do have the Gandalf/Frodo/Cart, Frodo & his book, and Sam/Frodo/Shelob kits. They're so expensive, I don't think I'll be doing much more... but they really are very well done and diverse!

I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.

Weren't there some LotR Lego sets that weren't released in the U.S.?
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At that time, Lego had only just started producing movie tie-in stuff, Lego Star Wars started in 1999.

The assumption is, The Hobbit movies will reignite interest in LotR, and hence is the best time to release LotR lego (without the use of a time machine).

I could have sworn that Lego released some LotR sets that never made it to the U.S.; I seem to remember sets for Bree and Bag End. But, maybe those were just fan-creations? 'Thus spake Ioreth, wise-woman of Gondor: The hands of the king are the hands of a healer, and so shall the rightful king be known.' - Gandalf the White